Electric truncheon torch



Aug. 2, 1927 A. MeMURRAY ELECTRIC TRUNCHEON TORCH Filed April 25, 1925 Patented Aug. 2, 1927.

UNrrEny STATES 1,637,650 PATENT OFFICE.,

. ALEXANDER MdMURnaY, on AUBURN', SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA.

n ELECTRIC TRUNCHEON TORCH.

Application led. April 2K5, k1925, Serial No. 25,878, and in Australia November 5, 1924.

My invention relat-es to improvements in an electric truncheon torch the object of which is to provide police and those engaged in a like lawful capacity by night with an in-y strument ot' searchv and a reliable means of defence in' which the constructionhas been f so arranged thatl on being usedftor the latter purpose the only damage likely to befall the instrument would be the breaking lo of the filament of the electric light bulb and to meet this contingency extreme accessibility and the most rapid method of disassembling and `1re-assembling has been employed. For instance in Figs. land 2 three movements of the mechanism suiiice to yexpose allfthe interior working parts whilst in Fig. 10 a simi lar object is achieved by two operations. A

further objecty of converting the invention for use as an ordinary police truncheon is attained by withdrawing the innerpartsrequired for lighting purposes and replacing them by a dummyof some suitable material.

I attain theseobjects by the mechanism il-y lustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is an eleva-tional View of the invention.y f f Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is ya cross section on line 3 3 oi' Fig. l. f v 'Fig'. 4 is a perspective view ot' the electric conductor battery cage with spring contactand reiector;

Fig'. 5 is an alternative spring contact and buffer.A y

Fig. 6 is a part longitudinal sectional vie-w of ain alternate method of attaching the handle to the tubular casing by screwing, with battery7 lamp `and spring contact removed for clearness.

Fig. 7 is a part `sectional view oil a further alternative ymethod of attaching the handle to the tubular casing kby screwing.

Fig. 8 is a broken View oi' an alternative method of attaching the handle to the tubular casing by a bayonet socket.

j Fig. 9 is a part broken sectional view of a further alternative! method of attaching the handle to the tubular casing -by a bayonet socket.

F ig. 10 is a part sectional view of an alternative method ot attaching the handle to the tubular casing by means of press springs and pins. i

Fig. 11 is an alternative kmethod of form- 'ingr a switch press button for lighting the torch.

F ig.f12is an alternative 'method oi forming a `switch press button'tor lighting the torch whenapplied to a hollow metal handle.

Figs. 13A, and 14B, are diiiferent sectional views oit alternative methods ot' attaching handle to tubularr casingby screwed and viianged unions.` n i Fig. 15C is a sectional perspective view ot attaching handle ytoy tubular casing by screwed and flanged unions and pins abutting flange.

Fig. 16D is a modification of Fig. 2 of that portion ywhere the handle is attached to the tubular casing. Y

Fig. 17E showstubular casing uncovered ,and a dummy filling in the interior thereof.

Similar numerals, and numerals with letters, reiter to similarparts throughoutl the several views.

18 is theha'ndle of wood or other material having a tety strap 14 for the wrist of the 2 In'th'e interior ot the tu-r end a lamp screw socket 19 and lamp reflector'r f 20. In the lamp socket 19 is an electric lamp 21 situated behind 'the projector lens 22 `formed on one end of the tubular casing 15.` An yalternative projector lens may. be attachedl by means of a screwed socket 22 screwed into the outer end ofthe tubular casingl as shown in Fig. GL Attached to the lopposite end ofthek electric battery conductor cageklS isy a butler contact .spring 9.4 having a contact plate Q5. A switch press button Q6 with angularly disposedpress pin 2T attached thereto is adapted to impinge against the contact plate 25 attached `to the bniifer contact spring 24 to compress the latter thereby making electric contact with one poleor carbon .28 ofthe battery 17 the circuit being thus completed to light the lamp 21, t-he current passing by vway oi contact plate 25, butferspring Q11-, battery conductor cage 18, reflector 20, lamp rscrew socket 19, lamp 21 thencereturning through insulated contact 29 tothe other pole orzinc of battery 17. yIn Fig. 5 is shown an alternative method of applying the buii'er contact spring 24E the latter being attached to a secondary spiral butter spring 30 by means eta socket joint 31. The handle `13 is removably attached to the tubular casing 15 by means ot iii:

the split ring 32 the latter having firmly attac-hed thereto the pins (one or more) 33, the Said pins 33 passing through oppositely bored holes in the tubular casing 15 and metal ferrule 34 attached to shoulder of handle 13.

In Fig. 6 is shown an alternative method of attaching the handle 13 to the tubular casing 15 where the metal ferrule 34 is internally threaded to lit external threads cut on the ktubular casing 15. Fig. 7 is a further alternative of F 6 of attaching the handleV 13 to the tubular casing 15 wherQ the metal ferrulec34 on the handle 13 is externally threaded to fit theinternal threads cut on inside of the tubular casing 15. 1n Figs. 3 and 9 bayonet sockets are alternatively adapted to Vremovably attach the handle 13 to tubular casing 15, where in Fig. 8 the metal ferrule 34 of the handle 13 is tted to slide internally into tubular casing 15 and is providedrwith pins 35 to fit and engage the slots 36 and is also adapted to fit and slide externally over the tubular casing 15 land engage the pins 35 provided in the latter. y A further alternative of removably attaching the handle 13 to tubular casing 15 is shown in Fig. 10 where set pins 37 attach firmly to press springs 33 which lat-ter are secured by screws at one end to Vthe handle 13, the pins 37.1Jassing outwardlyT through the metal ferrule 34 and tubular casing 15 which lock the handle 13 and tubular casing 15 firmly in position. By depressing the press springs 33 into the slots 39 inthe handle 13 the set pins 37. are disengaged from the holes in the ferrule 34 and tubular casing 15 when the handle 13 may be readily withdrawn. An alternative method of applying an electric press button to the handle 13 is shown in Fig. 11 where the press pin 27 provided with a press button 26 arranged to slide in a hole bored centrally and horizontally through the handle 13. In Fig. l2 is an alternative method of using a Vhollow metal handle 40 having press button 26 and an angularly disposed press pin 2'?, the latter having a hinged joint 41 attached to a sliding pin 42 sliding in a guide tube 43 attached to the end cap` 44 allowing free play of the angularlyV disposed pin when the latk ter is depressed by the press button 26. A further alternative method of attaching the handle 13 to the tubular casing 15 as shown in Fig. 13A, is effected by a threaded union 45 with flange 46 held on tubular casing 15 by circumferentially arranged stud pins 47, or shoulder, on tubular casing 15 fitted to screw on to corresponding' thread on outside of ferrule 34 of handle 13. VFig. 14B, shows a reversal of the action in Fig. 13A, inasmuch as threaded union 45 with flange 46 is held on ferrule 34 of handle 13 by circumferentially arranged stud pins 47, or shoulder, on

ferrule 34, fitted to screw on to corresponding thread on outside of tubular casing 15. Fig. 15C, shows a sectional perspective view of attaching the handle 13 `to tubular casing l'by screwed fiange and union with pins abutting flange as illustrated in Figs. 13A, and 14B. Fig. 16D, is a modication of Fig. 2 inasmuch as the action therein is reversed by ferrule 34 of handle 13 being constructed vto fit over tubular casing 15 4instead of in the interior thereof. As a further alternative Athe handle 13 may be made a fixture in tubular casing 15 by constructing handle 13 and tubular casing 15, in one. piece, or affixing the handle 13`in the tubular casing 15 by screws and the Vinterior of the latter rendered accessible by removing screw cap of flange 22 Fig. 6, and the tubular casing left uncovered, and filled with a dummy filling of some suitable material 48 as shown in Fig. 17E, or covered as already described.

l prefer to carry out the features of my invention as embodied in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 12, 16D, and 17E.

I am aware that prior to my invention im proveniente have been made iny elect-ric torches, I, therefore, do not claim such improvements broadly, but l claim 1. Atruncheon torch comprising a weighted hollow body, a detachable handle for said body, a removable electric battery and refleeting lamp within said body, a light projector lens associated `with said body and lamp, electric conductive means including a metal carrier for the battery extending from the opposite poles of the battery, compressible means fitted at one end of the carrier and having a contact but-ton for one poleof the battery, the opposite end of the carrier being of fitted with the electric reflecting lamp, and

contact on the lamp adapted to malte contact with theopposite pole of the battery, and means associated with said handle whereby the circuit of said battery'is closable through operating saidV contact button to electrically connect the poles of said bat tery through said conductive means.

2. A truncheon torch comprising a hollow body having one end weighted, a detachable handle for the opposite end of said body, a removable electric battery and reflecting lamp within said body, a light projector lens associated with said body and lamp, electric conducting means associated with said battery and poles thereof, one end of the handle being provided with a hole, av metal push rod fitted in the hole, a. push button on the outer end of the rod and disposed to be operable externally of the handle, and aV contact button associated with the electric means of the battery and contacted by the inner end of the rod.

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